Umahi
17 Nov
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has issued a threat to contractors handling the ten inherited ongoing projects in Niger State to move to the site without delay and ensure quality and speedy delivery of the projects they contracted to do or the government will terminate such contracts. Umahi stated this at the Town Hall…
8 Nov
Governor Francis Nwifuru, Abia state governor Alex Otti, that of Enugu state Peter Mba, Minister for Works David Umahi, former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim, APC national chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, and other dignitaries pay their last respect to former Minister of Science and Technology late Chief Ogbonnaya Onu describing him as a true democrat. Onu,…
5 Nov
The federal government has terminated the contract for the rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway with Contract No. 6350, Section I (Abuja-Kaduna), based on non-compliance with reviewed cost, scope, and terms, stoppage of work, and refusal to remobilize to the site by Messrs Julius Berger (Nig.) Plc. The company was summoned for a meeting with…
3 Nov
The Federal Government has approved a total of N18 billion for compensation of property owners and individuals impacted by the ongoing 700 kilometres Lagos-Calabar coastal road. Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi disclosed this on Sunday in Lagos during the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works and the Federal Ministry of Works stakeholders' engagement on…
2 Nov
The Federal Government has announced that construction on sections 3 and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will commence by mid-December. The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, disclosed this during an inspection tour of the Lagos Calabar coastal road. Umahi, who led members of the National Assembly on an on-site assessment of ongoing…
1 Nov
The Federal Government has established a state-of-the-art observation room to monitor the Third Mainland Bridge and its surrounding areas. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, disclosed this when he led members of the National Assembly on an on-site assessment of ongoing infrastructure projects in the southwest region, including the Third Mainland Bridge, on Thursday…
28 Oct
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has stated categorically that the Federal Government needs over N19 trillion to enable it to construct 6,834 legacy and inherited road projects from the past seventeen to twenty years in the country. Umahi made the revelation during an update briefing in Abuja, saying that out of the figure, 230…
28 Oct
Following the outburst by Hon. Oseni Abasi, who represents the Ibarapa/Ido Federal Constituency in Oyo State and is a member of the House Committee on Public Petition, against the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, the Igbo apex group Ohanaeze Ndigbo on Monday advised Oseni to rise above baseless accusations and engage in constructive dialogue…
23 Oct
Indications have emerged that the House of Representatives may probe the reason why the Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, allegedly approved the demolition of a multi-billion naira real estate owned by a section of Nigerians in diaspora. A petition aimed at achieving this has already been presented to the House Committee on Works, chaired…
9 Oct
The Federal Government says palliative work will commence next Monday on the failed sections of the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode axis of the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, stated this after inspecting the failed portion of the road in Sagamu on Tuesday. He admitted that the deplorable condition of the road had caused untold…
2 Oct
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has emphasised the need for the full deployment, and implementation of the goals of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021- 2025 (FCSSIP 25) towards the actualisation of Renewed Hope Agenda. Umahi who spoke at a a one-day Management Retreat with the theme: "Specific Roles of Heads of…
24 May 2024
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has said the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway will return to its original route to avoid destroying submarine cables. Speaking at the 3rd stakeholders meeting of the coastal highway project in Lagos, Umahi announced that the Federal Government will abandon the proposed new route of the coastal highway from kilometres 16 to…
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